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From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) :   [ foldoc ]

  blow up
       
          1. Of a scientific computation: to become unstable.  It
          suggests that the computation is diverging so rapidly that it
          will soon overflow or at least go nonlinear.
       
          2. blow out.
       
          [{Jargon File]
       
       

From Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001) :   [ jargon ]

  blow up vi. 1. [scientific computation] To become unstable. Suggests
     that the computation is diverging so rapidly that it will soon overflow
     or at least go nonlinear. 2. Syn. blow out.
  
  

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  blow up
       v 1: cause to explode; "We exploded the nuclear bomb" [syn: explode,
             detonate, set off]
       2: make large; "blow up an image" [syn: enlarge, magnify]
          [ant: reduce]
       3: get very angry and fly into a rage; "The professor combusted
          when the student didn't know the answer to a very
          elementary question"; "Spam makes me go ballistic" [syn: flip
          one's lid, throw a fit, hit the roof, hit the
          ceiling, have kittens, have a fit, combust, blow
          one's stack, fly off the handle, flip one's wig, lose
          one's temper, blow a fuse, go ballistic]
       4: add details to [syn: embroider, pad, lard, embellish,
           aggrandize, aggrandise, dramatize, dramatise]
       5: exaggerate or make bigger; "The charges were inflated" [syn:
           inflate, expand, amplify]
       6: fill with gas or air; "inflate a balloons" [syn: inflate]
          [ant: deflate]
       7: to swell or cause to enlarge, "Her faced puffed up from the
          drugs" [syn: puff, puff up, puff out]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  blow up
     Αγγλικά vb.
     (αμτβ) ανατινάζομαι, εκρήγνυμαι, σκάω

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  blow up
     vb.
     1 (lb en literally transitive) To blow something upward.
     2 (lb en intransitive) To explode or be destroyed by explosion.
     3 (lb en transitive) To cause (something or someone) to explode, or
  to destroy (something) or maim or kill (someone) by means of an
  explosion.
     4 (lb en transitive) To inflate or fill with air, either by literally
  blowing or using an air pump.
     5 (lb en transitive) To enlarge or zoom in.
     6 (lb en intransitive) To fail disastrously.
     7 (lb en slang intransitive) To become popular very quickly.
     8 (lb en slang) To suddenly get very angry.
     9 (lb en slang intransitive) To become much more fat or rotund in a
  short space of time.
     10 (lb en transitive dated) To inflate, as with pride, self-conceit,
  etc.; to puff up.
     11 (lb en transitive dated) To excite.
     12 (lb en transitive dated) To scold violently.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  blow up
     vb.
     1 (lb en literally transitive) To blow something upward.
     2 (lb en intransitive) To explode or be destroyed by explosion.
     3 (lb en transitive) To cause (something or someone) to explode, or
  to destroy (something) or maim or kill (someone) by means of an
  explosion.
     4 (lb en transitive) To inflate or fill with air, either by literally
  blowing or using an air pump.
     5 (lb en transitive) To enlarge or zoom in.
     6 (lb en intransitive) To fail disastrously.
     7 (lb en slang intransitive) To become popular very quickly.
     8 (lb en slang) To suddenly get very angry.
     9 (lb en slang intransitive) To become much more fat or rotund in a
  short space of time.
     10 (lb en transitive dated) To inflate, as with pride, self-conceit,
  etc.; to puff up.
     11 (lb en transitive dated) To excite.
     12 (lb en transitive dated) To scold violently.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  blow up
     vb.
     1 (lb en literally transitive) To blow something upward.
     2 (lb en intransitive) To explode or be destroyed by explosion.
     3 (lb en transitive) To cause (something or someone) to explode, or
  to destroy (something) or maim or kill (someone) by means of an
  explosion.
     4 (lb en transitive) To inflate or fill with air, either by literally
  blowing or using an air pump.
     5 (lb en transitive) To enlarge or zoom in.
     6 (lb en intransitive) To fail disastrously.
     7 (lb en slang intransitive) To become popular very quickly.
     8 (lb en slang) To suddenly get very angry.
     9 (lb en slang intransitive) To become much more fat or rotund in a
  short space of time.
     10 (lb en transitive dated) To inflate, as with pride, self-conceit,
  etc.; to puff up.
     11 (lb en transitive dated) To excite.
     12 (lb en transitive dated) To scold violently.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  blow up
     vb.
     1 (lb en literally transitive) To blow something upward.
     2 (lb en intransitive) To explode or be destroyed by explosion.
     3 (lb en transitive) To cause (something or someone) to explode, or
  to destroy (something) or maim or kill (someone) by means of an
  explosion.
     4 (lb en transitive) To inflate or fill with air, either by literally
  blowing or using an air pump.
     5 (lb en transitive) To enlarge or zoom in.
     6 (lb en intransitive) To fail disastrously.
     7 (lb en slang intransitive) To become popular very quickly.
     8 (lb en slang) To suddenly get very angry.
     9 (lb en slang intransitive) To become much more fat or rotund in a
  short space of time.
     10 (lb en transitive dated) To inflate, as with pride, self-conceit,
  etc.; to puff up.
     11 (lb en transitive dated) To excite.
     12 (lb en transitive dated) To scold violently.

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  blow up
     Englanti vb.
     1 räjähtää, räjäyttää; tuhoutua, tuhota
     2 pimahtaa, suuttua, raivostua
     3 suurentaa valokuva
     4 puhaltaa täyteen (ilmapallo)
     5 pullistua; täyttyä, pullistella (omahyväisyyttään yms.)

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  blow up
     Engelska vb.
     spränga

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  blow up /blˈəʊ ˈʌp/ 
  nafouknout

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  blow up /blˈəʊ ˈʌp/
  vyhodit do povětří

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  blow up /blˈəʊ ˈʌp/
  přivést k výbuchu

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  blow up /blˈəʊ ˈʌp/
  vybouchnout

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  blow up /blˈəʊ ˈʌp/
  etw. absprengen 
     Synonyms: spring, burst, strike off, blast (mine) sth.
  
           Note: with powder

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  blow up /blˈəʊ ˈʌp/
  hochgehen, in die Luft gehen  [mil.]
           Note: Sprengkörper
     Synonym: burst
  
   see: blowing up, bursting, blown up, burst
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  blow up /blˈəʊ ˈʌp/
  hochschaukeln  [ein Problem]
   see: goad each other
  
           Note: a problem

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  blow up /blˈəʊ ˈʌp/
  zersprengen 
     Synonym: blow to pieces
  
   see: blowing up, blowing to pieces, blown up, blown to pieces
  

From English - Modern Greek XDXF/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:eng-ell ]

  blow up /blˈəʊ ˈʌp/
  
  ανατινάζω, φουσκώνω, εκρήγνυμαι

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  blow up /blˈəʊ ˈʌp/ 
  1. suurentaa
  to enlarge
  2. räjähtää, posahtaa
  to explode (intransitive)
  3. räjäyttää
  to explode (transitive)
  4. paisutella
  to inflate
  5. räjähtää
  to suddenly get very angry

From English-French FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-fra ]

  blow up /blouʌp/
  aggraver, amplifier

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  blow up /blˈəʊ ˈʌp/ 
  1. विस्फोट
        "The bomb blew up the whole building."
  2. क्रोध~करना
        "He blew up at being cheated."
  3. अचानक~और~जोर~से~शुरू~हो जाना
        "Rain is blowing up."

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  blow up /blˈəʊ ˈʌp/
  bacati u zrak, napuhati

From English-日本語 (にほんご) FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-jpn ]

  blow up /blˈəʊ ˈʌp/ 
  1. 拡大する
  to enlarge
  2. 爆発する
  to explode (intransitive)
  3. 爆破
  to explode (transitive)

From English-Portuguese FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-por ]

  blow up /blouʌp/
  causarexplosão

From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-swe ]

  blow up /blˈəʊ ˈʌp/ 
  1. förstora
  to enlarge
  2. explodera
  to explode (intransitive)
  3. spränga
  to explode (transitive)
  4. blåsa upp
  to inflate

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  271 Moby Thesaurus words for "blow up":
     accelerate, add to, adulate, aggrandize, aggravate, amplify, annoy,
     apotheosize, arouse, augment, awake, awaken, backfire, be angry,
     be excitable, beef up, belaud, belie, bellow, bepraise, blast,
     bless, blitz, bloat, blow, blow a fuse, blow a gasket,
     blow a hurricane, blow great guns, blow out, blow over,
     blow sky-high, blow the coals, blow to pieces, blow up, blueprint,
     bluster, boast of, boil, boil over, bomb, bombard, brag about,
     brain, breeze, breeze up, brew, bring down, bristle, broaden,
     build, build up, bulk, bulk out, burn, burn to death, burst, bust,
     call forth, call up, catch fire, catch the infection, celebrate,
     come apart, come to nothing, come up, complicate, concentrate,
     condense, consolidate, crescendo, cry up, cut down, cut to pieces,
     deal a deathblow, deepen, deflate, deify, detonate, develop,
     dilate, discharge, disconfirm, discredit, disintegrate, disprove,
     distend, double, drop, emblazon, enhance, enkindle, enlarge,
     enrage, eulogize, exacerbate, exaggerate, exalt, excite,
     excite easily, expand, explode, expose, extend, extol,
     fail miserably, fan, fan the fire, fan the flame, feed the fire,
     fell, fire, fire up, fizz out, fizzle, fizzle out, flame, flame up,
     flare up, flash up, flatter, flip, fly out, foment, frag, frenzy,
     freshen, fulminate, fume, gather, get excited, get nowhere,
     give the quietus, glorify, go into hysterics, go off, go phut,
     gun down, hang up, have a tantrum, heat, heat up, heighten,
     hero-worship, hike, hike up, hit the ceiling, hop up, hot up, huff,
     idolize, impassion, incense, incinerate, incite, increase, inflame,
     inflate, infuriate, intensify, invalidate, jazz up, jugulate,
     key up, kindle, lapidate, lather up, laud, lay low, let off,
     light the fuse, light up, lionize, madden, magnify, make complex,
     make much of, mine, misfire, move, mushroom, negate, negative,
     overexcite, overpraise, panegyrize, pay tribute, pipe up, pistol,
     poleax, poop out, porter aux nues, praise, print, process,
     prove the contrary, puff, puff up, pump, pump up, puncture, rage,
     raise, ramify, ramp, rant, rant and rave, rarefy, rave, redouble,
     reinforce, riddle, rouse, run a temperature, salute, seethe,
     set astir, set fire to, set in, set off, set on fire, sharpen,
     shoot, shoot down, shoot to death, shotgun, show up, silence,
     smolder, soup up, spring, squall, stab to death, steam up, step up,
     stir, stir the blood, stir the embers, stir the feelings, stir up,
     stone, stone to death, storm, strengthen, stretch, strike dead,
     sufflate, summon up, swell, take fire, touch off, triple, trumpet,
     turn a hair, turn on, undercut, up, vaporize, waft, wake, wake up,
     waken, warm, warm the blood, whet, whiff, whiffle, whip up, widen,
     work into, work up
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  给(轮胎等)打气;爆炸

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     
  爆破,炸毁;突然兴起;勃然大怒;充气,告吹;吹捧,夸大;发脾气;产生,出现

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